Sash-hinge fixture.



C. I. SHIRLEY & F. W. MUELLER.

SASH HINGE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION nun) OCT. 1. 1913.

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WITNESSES C. I. SHIRLEY & F. W. MUELLER.

' SASH HINGE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1. I913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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CEPHAS I. SHIRLEY, OF GLEN RIDGE, AND FREDERICK WALTER MUELLER, 0F

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS T0 TABOR SASH FIXTURE 00., A. CORPORA-TION OF NEW J ERSEY.

SASI-I-HINGE FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed October 1, 1913. Serial No. 792,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CEPI-rAs I. SHIRLEY and FREDERICK WALTER MUELLER,citizens of the United States, residing at GlenRidge and Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, respectively, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Hinge Fixtures; and we dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of improvements in that class ofhinge-fixtures for windows having a sash or sashes which are mounted inthe window-frame so as to be adapted to move vertically and also toswing horizontal when the sash has been raised by the manipulation ofthe hinge-fixture; and, the present invention has reference, moreparticularly, to a novel and simply-constructed hinge-fixture comprisinga pair of pivotally and slidably connected hingeleaves, one of which issecured to the window-sash and the other to the windowframe, and thehinged or pivoted hingeleave being provided with an operating meansinterposed between the two hingeleaves in such a manner, that by themanipulation of a lever, the one hinge may be reciprocated upon thehinge-pin with relation to the other hinge-leaf.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide ahinge-fixture of the general character hereinafter set forth and tosimplify the general construction of the same, with a view of reducingthe parts of the fixture to a minimum. 7

With the objects of the invention in view, the invention consists,primarily, in the novel hinge-fixture hereinafter set forth; and, theinvention consists, furthermore, in the general arrangements andcombinations of the several devices and parts, comprising the fixture,and all of which will be more particularly described in detail in thefol lowing specification, and then finally em bodied in the clauses ofthe claims which are appended to and which form an essential part ofsaid specification.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 2-Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a win dow equipped with ahinge-fixture illustratmg one embodiment of the principles of thepresent lnvention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectionalrepresentation of a win dow frame and sash, on an enlarged scale,showing the sash in its lowered and closed relation within the openingof the frame, showing the relative positions of the parts of thehinge-fixture applied to the frame and sash; and Fig. 3 is a similarrepresentation of the frame and sash, and the hingefixture, said view,however, showing the parts of the fixture in their manipulated relationfor lifting or raising the sash, prior to its being swung horizontally.Fig. 4 is a face view of the hinge-fixture, detached .from the frame andsash; Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the same, said section being takenon line 55 in said Fig. 4:, looking in the direction of the arrow m; andFig. 6 is a sectional representation of the hinge-fixture, said sectionbeing taken on line 66 in said Fig. 5, looking in the direction of thearrow Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of the hinge-fixture, said sectionbeing taken on line 77 in Fig. 4:; and Fig. 8 is a similar section ofthe fixture, said section being taken on line 8-8 in said Fig. a.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1indicates the lower horizontal sill, 2 an upper horizontal jamb or head,and 3, 8, the vertical side jambs of a window frame,'all providing anopening in which is adapted to move vertically, and also to swinghorizontally, a window sash. The sash comprises two vertical side railsor stiles 4, 1, a top rail 5, and a bottom rail 6, the sash, as has beenstated, when closed in the opening of the window frame, being adapted tobe brought into its lowered and locked relation, as indicated in Fig. 2,and to be brought into its raised re lation, as represented in Fig. 3,whereby the said sash maybe swung horizontally into its open position,relative to the window frame.

As illustrated in the cross-sections represented in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings, the horizontal sill 1 is made with a channel or groove, as 7,and an upwardly projecting bead or projection 8, both said channel orgroove 7 andsaid bead or projection 8 extending the entire length of thesill, and said bead or projection 8 providing an alining stop for thepurposes to be presently more fully specified. The lower portion of the7 window sash, that is the bottom rail 6 and the ends of the verticalside rails or stiles 4, is made With'a laterally extending anddownwardly projecting tongue 9 and a laterally extending groove 10 whichrespectively register with the channel or groove? and the bead 8 whenthe sash has been closed and lowered, so as to provide a weather-tightjoint as will be clearly evident from an inspection of said Fig. 2.Another purpose of the bead or projection 8 and tongue 9 is, in closingthe sash from its opened position to its closed position, the

lower surface of the tongue 9 being located in a plane below the planeof the upper surface of the bead 8, these two elements will be broughtinto arresting engagement, while the bead 8 acts as a stop, so that thewindow sash and hinges can not be strained, and the 'sash will bebrought into a perfect alined relation within the opening of thewindowframe, as will be evident, and when the sash is lowered in themanner to be hereinafter described, aperfectly locked and tight relationof the parts 7 and 8 with the parts 9 and 10 will result.

Referring now to Fig. 1 of the drawings,

the reference-characters 11 and 12 represent the two leaves of a plainhinge which are 7 [secured to theopposing upper parts of the alsobe'moved vertically up and down, in

the opening of the window frame. More than one of such hinges may beapplied to g the sash and frame, according to the height,

width and other conditions of the window sash and frame.

In connection with the hinge, a hingefixture of the general constructionto be presently more fully described may be used,

said hinge-fixture servingas the other hinge for raising and loweringthe sash, and for swinging the sash horizontally after it has beenraised. This raising and lowering hinge-fixture consists, essentially,of a pair of, hinge-leaves, as 13 and 1 1, the leaf 13 being cutaway, asat 15, and being provided with tubular knuckles, as 16, in thetubular'part'of which is slidably disposed the lower end-portion of apivot-pin 17. The other hinge-leaf 14: is cut away, as at 18 and 19, andis provided with a pair of tubular kunckles 20 and 21. The tubularportions of said knuckles 20 and 21 are vertically in alinement witheach other, and the said pivot-pin 17 has its other end-portion fixedwithin said tubular members 20 and 21 against displacement therefrom,said portion of the pin 17 extending also across the open or cut awaypart 19. livotally mounted upon this part of the pivot-pin 17 is astud-carrying block 22, having a tubular part 23 which extends into thesaid cut away part 19, and is pivotally mounted upon that part of thepin 17 which extends across said cut-away part 19.

The member 16 of the leaf 13 is provided with an opening, as 24:, whichforms a bearing-portion in which is rotatably arranged the part 25 of apin, one portion, as 26, of said pin being suitably driven into aneccentric or cam-body 29 of an operating handle or lever 28, and theother end-portion of said pin being screw-threaded, as at 27, and beingprovided with a nut 30, for operatively connecting the parts to saidmember 16, substantially in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5 of thedrawings. The previouslymentioned block 22 is provided with a suitableopening, as 31, in which is fixed a stud 32, the one end of said studbeing headed, as at 33, and projecting beyond the front face of saidblock 22, as shown. Pivotally mounted upon said projecting portion ofsaid stud 32 is the perforated end-portion 35 of a link 34, said linkbeing provided in its opposite end-portion with a large opening, as 26,conforming to the marginal configuration of the previously-mentionedeccentric or cam-body 29 of the handle or lever 28, in the mannerclearly represented in Figs. 2, 3, 4c, 5 and 7 of the drawings.

The operation of the sash-lifting and lowering mechanism will readily beunderstood from the foregoing description, and from an inspection of theseveral figures showing the several devices, and need, therefore, not befurther described; and, the manner of raising and lowering thewindowsash, for swinging it into its open relation with the windowframe, or for locking the sash when closed will be particularlyunderstood from an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawings.

\Ve are fully aware, that various changes may be made in the generalarrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as wellas in the details of the description of said parts, without departingfrom the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoingspecification, and as defined in the clauses of the claim which areappended thereto. Hence, we do not limit our present invention to theexact arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts asdescribed in the said specification, nor do we confine ourselves to theexact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

We claim l. A fixture for windows having a sash which is mounted in theframe to move vertically and also swing horizontally comprising a hingehaving a leaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a leaf adapted tobe connected with the sash, said leaves being pivotally connected bymeans of a pivotpin, and one of said leaves being slidably mounted uponsaid pin, a stud-carrying block also mounted upon said pivot-pin, andmeans interposed between said slidably mounted leaf and saidstud-carrying blockfor producing the sliding relation of said leaves.

2. A fixture for Windows having a sash which is mounted in the frame tomove vertically and also swing horizontally comprising a hinge having aleaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a leaf adapted to beconnected with the sash, said leaves being pivotally connected by meansof a pivot-pin, and one of said leaves being slidably mounted upon saidpin, a stud-carrying block also mounted upon said pivot-pin, a cam-leverpivotally connected with said slidably mounted hinge-leaf, and meansinterposed between said cam-lever and said stud-carrying block forproducing the sliding relation of said leaves.

3. A fixture for windows having a sash which is mounted in the frame tomove vertically and also swing horizontally comprising a hinge having aleaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a leaf adapted to beconnected with the sash, said leaves being pivotally connected by meansof a pivot-pin, and one of said leaves being slidably mounted upon saidpin, a stud-carrying block also mounted upon said pivot-pin, a leverpivotally connected with said slidably mounted hingeleaf, an eccentricor camshaped member connected with said lever, and a link interposedbetween said eccentric or cam-shaped member and said studcarrying blockfor producing the sliding relation of said leaves.

4:. A fixture for windows having a sash which is mounted in the frame tomove vertically and swing horizontally comprising a hinge having a fixedleaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a movable leaf adapted to beconnected with the sash, said movable leaf being provided with apintlereceiving knuckle, and said fixed leaf being provided with a pairof pintle-receiving knuckles having a stud-clock receiving space betweenthem, a pintle in the pintle-receiving knuckles of said leaves, saidpintle extending across said stud-block receiving space, a stud-block,said block having a pintle-receiving knuckle extending into saidstud-block receiving space and mounted upon said pintle, and meansinterposed between said movable hinge-leaf and said stud-block forproducing the sliding relation of said leaves.

5. A fixture for windows having a sash which is mounted in the frame tomove vertically and also swing horizontally comprising a hinge having afixed leaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a movable leaf adaptedto be connected with the sash, said movable leaf being provided with apintle-receiving knuckle, and said fixed leaf being provided with a pairof pintle-receiving knuckles having astud-block receiving space betweenthem, a pintle in the pintlereceiving knuckles of said leaves, saidpintle extending across said stud-block receiving space, a stud-block,said block having a pintle-receiving knuckle extending into saidstud-block receiving space and mounted upon said pintle, a cam-leverpivotally connected with said slidably mounted hinge-leaf, and meansinterposed between said cam-lever and said stud-carrying block forproducing the sliding relation of said lever.

6. A fixture for windows having a sash which is mounted in the frame tomove vertically and also swing horizontally comprising a hinge having afixed leaf adapted to be secured to the frame and a movable leaf adaptedto be connected with the sash, said movable leaf being provided with apintlereceiving knuckle, and said fixed leaf being provided with a pairof pintle receiving knuckles having a stud-block receiving space betweenthem, a pintle in the pintle-receiving knuckles of said leaves, saidpintle extending across said stud-block receiving space, a stud-block,said block having a pintle-receiving knuckle extending into saidstud-block receiving space and mounted upon said pintle, a leverpivotally connected with said slidably mounted hingeleaf, an eccentricor cam-shaped member connected with said lever, and a link interposedbetween said eccentric or cam-shaped member and said stud-carrying blockfor producing the sliding relation of said lever. In testimony, that weclaim the invention set forth above we have hereunto set our hands thisseventeenth day of September, 1913.

CEPHAS I- SHIRLEY. FREDERICK WALTER MUELLER. Witnesses:

Fnnnx. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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